Name: Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum Eeckhaut et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pul.li.cae.co’rum. L. masc. adj. pullus, a chicken; N.L. neut. n. caecum, caecum (can be noun or adjective); N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. caecorum, of caeca; N.L. gen. neut. pl. n. pullicaecorum, of the caeca of chickens

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 25-3; CCUG 55265; DSM 23266; LMG 24109

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU410376 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Eeckhaut V, Van Immerseel F, Teirlynck E, Pasmans F, Fievez V, Snauwaert C, Haesebrouck F, Ducatelle R, Louis P, Vandamme P. Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from the caecal content of a broiler chicken. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2799-2802.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Butyricicoccus Eeckhaut et al. 2008. Publication: Eeckhaut V, Van Immerseel F, Teirlynck E, Pasmans F, Fievez V, Snauwaert C, Haesebrouck F, Ducatelle R, Louis P, Vandamme P. Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from the caecal content of a broiler chicken. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2799-2802.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 40 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Butyricicoccus Eeckhaut et al. 2008

Assigned by: Eeckhaut V, Van Immerseel F, Teirlynck E, Pasmans F, Fievez V, Snauwaert C, Haesebrouck F, Ducatelle R, Louis P, Vandamme P. Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from the caecal content of a broiler chicken. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2799-2802.

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Record number: 787662